Figurative Language in Songs

What kind of figurative language is used in the lyrics below?

"I'd catch a grenade for you"

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does the hyperbole mean?

"I'd catch a grenade for you"

• He is angry.

• He wants to get away from her.

• He would risk his life for her.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Hello Darkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again"

Simon and Garfunkel (redone by Disturbed) - The Sound of Silence

• personification

• hyberbole

• idiom

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What type of figurative language are these song lyrics? “It might seem crazy what I’m about to say / Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break / I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space.”

- Song Title/Artist: "Happy" by Pharrell Williams

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language are these song lyrics?

"Boom! shake-shake-shake the room / Boom! shake-shake-shake the room / Boom! shake-shake-shake the room / Tic-tic-tic-tic Boom!"

- Song Title: "Boom! Shake the Room" by Will Smith

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language are these song lyrics? "Splish, splash, I was takin' a bath / Long about a Saturday night, yeah / A rub dub, just relaxin' in the tub / Thinkin' everythin' was alright."

- Song Title/Artist: "Splish Splash" by Bobby Darin

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative language are these song lyrics? “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag / Drifting through the wind, / wanting to start again.

- Song Title/Artist: "Firework" by Katy Perry

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What type of figurative language are these song lyrics? "I look at you all / See the love there that's sleeping / While my guitar gently weeps / I look at the floor / And I see it needs sweeping. / Still my guitar gently weeps."

- Song Title/Artist: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What type of figurative language are these lyrics? "Mmm bop, ba duba dop / Ba du bop, ba duba dop / Ba du bop, ba duba dop / Ba du."

- Song Title/Artist: "MMM Bop" by Hanson

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language are these song lyrics? "Hello from the other side / I must have called a thousand times."

- Song Title/Artist: "Hello" by Adele

• hyperbole

• symbols

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A